Name ______________________________
Period _______
BIOLOGY - Cell Test
Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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1. Which of the following is NOT a principle of the cell theory?
a. Cells are the basic units of life.
b. All living things are made of cells.
c. Very few cells reproduce.
d. All cells are produced by existing cells.
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2. Which of the following is a function of the nucleus?
a. stores DNA
b. controls most of the cell’s processes
c. contains the information needed to make proteins
d. all of the above
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3. Which of the following is the powerhouse of the cell?
a. Golgi apparatus
c. endoplasmic reticulum
b. lysosome
d. mitochondrion
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4. Which structure makes proteins using coded instructions that come from the nucleus?
a. Golgi apparatus
c. vacuole
b. mitochondrion
d. ribosome
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5. Which organelles help provide cells with energy?
a. mitochondria and chloroplasts
c. smooth endoplasmic reticulum
b. rough endoplasmic reticulum
d. Golgi apparatus and ribosomes
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6. Which organelle is in plant cells but NOT animal cells?
a. mitochondrion
c. chloroplast
b. ribosome
d. smooth endoplasmic reticulum
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7. The main function of the cell wall is to
a. support and protect the cell.
b. store DNA.
c. direct the activities of the cell.
d. help the cell move.
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8. Which of the following is a function of the cell membrane?
a. breaks down lipids, carbohydrates, and proteins from foods
b. stores water, salt, proteins, and carbohydrates
c. keeps the cell wall in place
d. regulates which materials enter and leave the cell
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9. The cell membrane contains channels and pumps that help move materials from one side to
the other. What are these channels and pumps made of?
a. carbohydrates
c. bilipids
b. lipids
d. Proteins
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10. Diffusion is the movement of molecules from
a. an area of low concentration to an area of high concentration.
b. an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration.
c. an area of equilibrium to an area of high concentration.
d. all of the above
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11. Which means of particle transport requires input of energy from the cell?
a. diffusion
c. facilitated diffusion
b. osmosis
d. active transport
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12. The diffusion of water across a selectively permeable membrane is called
a. osmotic pressure.
c. facilitated diffusion.
b. osmosis.
d. active transport.
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13. Compared to prokaryotic cells, eukaryotic cells are ___
a. Smaller and more complex
b. Larger and more complex
c. Smaller and less complex
d. Larger and less complex
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14. Which of the following contain a nucleus?
a. prokaryotes
c. eukaryotes
b. bacteria
d. organelles
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15. Eukaryotes usually contain
a. a nucleus.
b. specialized organelles.
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c. genetic material.
d. all of the above
16. Which of the following is NOT found in the nucleus?
a. cytoplasm
c. ribosome
b. nucleolus
d. DNA
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17. Which of the following statements explains why the nucleus is important to cells?
a. Only eukaryotes have nuclei.
b. Only prokaryotes have nuclei.
c. The nucleus contains DNA.
d. The nucleus is surrounded by a nuclear envelope.
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18. Which of the following structures is found in the cytoplasm?
a. nucleolus
c. chromatin
b. ribosome
d. cell wall
Figure 7–5
_____ 19. Which diagram in Figure 7-5 most likely represents a PLANT cell?
a. only cell I
b. only cell II
c. Both I & II
d. Neither
_____ 20. Which cell in Figure 7-5 can perform photosynthesis?
a. only cell I
b. only cell II
c. Both I & II
d. Neither
This cell is in
95 % water.
This cell is in
98 % water.
This cell is in
Cell I
Cell II
Cell III
Figure 7-7
_____21. Which cell in Figure 7-7 is at equilibrium?
a. only cell I
b. only cell II
c. only cell III
d. all of the cells
e. none of the cells
_____22. Which cell in Figure 7-7 would SHRINK due to water loss?
a. only cell I
b. only cell II
c. only cell III
d. all of the cells
e. none of the cells
100 % water.
The following structures are found only in plant or only in animal cells. Indicate the type of cell that the
following structures would be found in:
a) plant
23.
Large central vacuole
24.
Cell wall
25.
Nucleus
26.
Mitochondria
27.
Chloroplast
28.
Ribosome
29.
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b) animal
c) both
Indicate whether the following characteristics are found in prokaryotic cells or eukaryotic cells:
a) prokaryotes
b) eukaryotes
30.
no nucleus
31.
DNA located in cytoplasm
32.
membrane bound organelles such as chloroplasts
33.
Bacteria
34.
DNA located in nucleus
35. The diagram represents a cell in water. Formulas of molecules that can move freely across
the membrane are shown. Some molecules are located inside the cell and others are in the water outside the cell. Based on the diagram of molecules below, what would most likely happen
to these molecules after a few hours?
a.
b.
c.
d.
The concentration of O2 will increase outside the cell
The concentration of NH3 will increase inside the cell
The concentration of CO2 will increase outside the cell
The concentration of C6H12O6 will increase inside the cell
The following table shows the effects of 3 solutions on red blood cells. Observations were recorded every minute for 5 minutes.
Time
Solution
1 min.
Solution 1 No change
2 min.
3 min.
4 min.
5 min.
Cells are
slightly
larger.
Cells are
much larger.
Cells are
huge.
Cells are
gone.
Solution 2 No change No change No change No change No change
Cells are
Solution 3 No change slightly
smaller.
Cells are
much
smaller.
Cells look
wilted
Nothing
that looks
like a cell
can be
found.
_____ 36. Which of the following best explains what is causing the red blood cells in solution 1 to change size
over the five-minute period?
a. The solution is entering the cells faster than it is leaving the cells.
b. The solution is leaving the cells faster than it is entering the cells.
c. The solution is leaving the cells at the same rate as it is entering the cells.
d. The cell’s membranes are dissolving.
_____ 37. Which of the solutions contains red blood cells at equilibrium?
a. solution 1
b. solution 2
c. solution 3
d. none of the above
______ 38. For the graph above, what happens to oxygen consumption as temperature increases?
a. increases
b. decreases
c. remains constant
d. there is not enough information to tell how oxygen consumption is effected by temperature
Refer to the following graph for questions 39-40.
A
B
C
_____ 39. In line A, at what temperature is the diffusion rate 100%?
a. 10⁰C
b. 25⁰C
c. 30⁰C
d. 35⁰C
_____ 40. Which line has the fastest increase in its rate of diffusion?
a. A
b. B
c. C
d. They all have the same diffusion rate.
e. Not enough information is provided.